21. Delay of treatment may result in permanent facial nerve paralysis. 22. The third approach might save her facial nerve , but her hearing would be gone. 23. I think he has very good facial nerve function. 24. Specifically, the levator anguli oris is innervated by the buccal branches of the facial nerve . 25. Still others point to pressure on the facial nerve as it passes through the skull. 26. The parasympathetic fibers that travel in the facial nerve originate in the superior salivary nucleus. 27. Motor fibers are carried via the facial nerve proper. 28. The facial nerve is mediated through a corticotectopontocerebellar pathway. 29. Over the last 40 years, neuromonitoring has evolved far beyond monitoring of the facial nerve . 30. This donor nerve is then attached to the distal end of the paralysed facial nerve .